๐—”๐—ช๐—ฆ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐Ÿš€

This year the program keeps evolving, and the data tells some interesting stories ๐Ÿ“Š:

๐Ÿ‘ฅ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ
โ€ข ๐Ÿฎ,๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€

๐ŸŒ ๐—š๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต
โ€ข Now present in ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿณ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Some countries joined, others left โ†’ the community is more dynamic than ever.

๐Ÿ“‚ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜
โ€ข We went from 11 โ†’ 9 categories.
โ€ข ๐Ÿ‘‹ Farewell: Game Tech, Storage, Front-End Web & Mobile
โ€ข โœจ The category ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด & ๐—š๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—”๐—œ (2024) has been split into two: ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด and ๐—”๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

๐ŸŒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€
โ€ข ๐—”๐—ฃ๐— is now the ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (39.7%), surpassing ๐—˜๐— ๐—˜๐—” for the first time.

๐ŸŒŽ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€
โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ leads with 391 builders.
โ€ข ๐—จ๐—ฆ๐—” ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ follows with 289.
โ€ข ๐—๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต climbs strongly into the top 3 with 184.

โšก ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†
โ€ข ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ grows further โ†’ now 21.3% of the community.
โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด debuts strong at 7%.

๐Ÿ“‰ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€ & ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†
Renewal rates vary per cohort:
โ€ข ~51% for the 2023 cohort.
โ€ข ~55โ€“63% for older ones.
โ€ข ~75% for 2024.

Overall renewal across cohorts: ~๐Ÿฑ๐Ÿต% of builders have been renewed.

โžก๏ธ This shows how ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐˜€: builders must ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ to continue. Only those who actively contribute to the community are renewed.

๐Ÿ’ก The AWS Community Builders program is not just about growth in numbers, but also about ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ณ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐Ÿ‘‰ You can explore the full interactive dashboard here:
๐Ÿ”— https://lnkd.in/dYPXC-uA

Thanks to Jason Dunn for providing me with the latest data available from the program.

โฌ‡ Let me know what you think in the comments!

Hope you like it! โค๏ธ

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